Quality Assurance
S.I.P. Approach
At S.I.P. we approach Project Quality Assurance and Risk Management with a view to smoothing the path to successful business outcomes from IT projects. We provide accurate assessments of in flight projects at all key stages of the IT projects. This often means identification and removal of barriers by using quality management and risk management techniques. This often involves asking the hard questions and bringing to the surface the real issues to ensure successful business outcomes from IT projects.
Project Life Cycle
All project Life Cycle reviews are focused on ensuring that the project direction is consistent with agreed scope, that the project is within time and budget parameters, that project governance operates as specified, and that the deliverables conform to the quality standards defined in the Quality Plan.
Overall, quality outcomes are achieved when the project has the right disciplines in place, to maintain focus on the processes and the detail required to produce defined outcomes. The internal discipline is evident in the project controls put in place to underpin project management, and the following project control reviews are designed to ensure that the project deliverables reach the standard defined in the Project Charter.
Phase - Project Preparation
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| The key issues affecting this phase are the project scope definition outlined in the Charter, ensuring that the business drivers and consequent project plans will produce the desired business outcomes. Other critical success factors for the project include identification of stakeholders, definition of project governance and sign off of the Charter. | Project Charter Project Quality Plan |
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Phase - Project Preparation
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| At the end of the Blueprint, the analysis process has confirmed the scope. The review process confirms that the output documents are consistent with the defined scope, altered by duly authorised scope changes. All deliverables are reviewed for compliance, evidence of acceptance and scope consistency (from this point on, scope creep needs to be actively managed). Process maps are reviewed to ensure that the design can be incorporated into required business processes. | Business Blueprint Business controls Testing Strategy Training Strategy Change Management strategy Technical Architecture |
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Phase - Realisation
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| Scope consistency remains a key review factor in this phase, using scope change and issues and risk management to manage scope creep. Checks are made to ensure that testing is based on agreed business scenarios. Conversion and data cleansing reviews ensure that the information system will have a sound information base. The auditors check security provisions as part of overall controls checks. | Configured system Detailed design documentation Support Plans Security design documentation Conversion and data cleansing strategy |
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